Stockpiling Salix and Fabricating Armature

Faggots arrive in Bondville

 After harvesting a particular variety of Salix which readily roots from cuttings, I needed to create a holding area to keep it green and pliable.  The photos above are an experiment in which i dug a shallow trench and lined it with a tarp in hopes of keeping the cut ends of the Salix moist until the time of the installation.

This is a crude example of a method for using wire to bind the Salix into a kind of fabric; needs much refining  but i like where it is going.

The armature for the hedge is beginning to take shape although many details are yet to be resolved.